First hour: The challenge of running a jail during a pandemic
Second hour: Should New York State raise the minimum wage during the pandemic?
The Monroe County Jail has seen more than 100 COVID-19 infections. Sheriff Todd Baxter says his department is doing everything it can to make sure the inmate population is protected. We discuss the challenge of running a jail during a pandemic. Our guests:
Captain James McGowan, Monroe County Jail
Julie Cianca, special assistant public defender for the Monroe County Public Defender s Office
Then in our second hour, New York State is getting ready to raise the minimum wage to $12.50 per hour. That increase will take effect at the end of this year. Business groups are asking the state to delay the minimum wage increase. They argue that the pandemic is a bad time to increase costs for businesses. Workers respond that the increase is long overdue. Our guests debate it:
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Survey: 49% of Small Busines Owners Expect Their Operations to Recover in 2022 or 2023
Most small business owners do not expect business conditions to improve to normal levels until next year at the earliest, according to a new survey from the National Federation of Independent Businesses, or NFIB, which has a Michigan chapter based in Lansing.
Most business owners think their business conditions will improve to normal levels in 2021 at the earliest, according to a survey from the NFIB. // Stock photo
Most small business owners do not expect business conditions to improve to normal levels until next year at the earliest, according to a new survey from the National Federation of Independent Businesses, or NFIB, which has a Michigan chapter based in Lansing.
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THE BUZZ: A Becerra brawl could be brewing on Capitol Hill.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
made the virtual Senate rounds on Wednesday as he tried out to become the next Health and Human Services secretary.
The reviews from his side of the aisle were unsurprisingly glowing. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called Becerra “the right pick to lead the fight” against coronavirus, as did Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.); Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) praised the Californian for having “the right priorities & experience”; and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lauded Becerra as part of a “deeply qualified and experie
California sued over new coronavirus workplace rules
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General manager Den Stephens disinfects a booth at North Light, a restaurant in Oakland, in August.Ramin Rahimian / Special to The Chronicle
A group of small California businesses and national business groups sued California state agencies Wednesday, seeking to roll back broad workplace protections against the coronavirus implemented last month.
The National Retail Federation and the National Federation of Independent Businesses say rules adopted by the California Department of Industrial Relations to prevent virus infections in the workplace violate the state’s Administrative Procedure Act and weigh too heavily on businesses that have been pushed to the breaking point by the pandemic.
Clark Gascoigne’s entire career has been about ending anonymous shell companies. Starting at Global Financial Integrity in 2009 and then at the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition, Gascoigne has been on a mission to inject transparency into the ocean of anonymously owned corporate entities that can hide all manner of financial malfeasance. He and other advocates moved closer to success on Dec. 8, when the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act, with provisions that would establish a beneficial corporate ownership reporting regime and change other anti-money laundering laws. The Senate followed suit last Friday, marking significant legislative steps to make life harder for tax evaders, traffickers and counterfeiters.